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In the late 17th century the three villages that predated Calcutta were ruled by the Nawab of Bengal under Mughal suzerainty. After the Nawab granted the East India Company a trading licence in 1690[19] the area was developed by the Company into an increasingly fortified trading post known as Fort William. Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah occupied Calcutta in 1756 and the East India Company retook it the following year. In 1793 the East India company was strong enough to abolish native rule and assumed full sovereignty of the region. Under the company rule and later under the British Raj Calcutta served as the capital of British-held territories in India until 1911. In that yea